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Spiritfest 254 Key to Fringe Listings Title of Presenting production company Indicates a première ~ Age recommendation ALL = All ages PG = Parental guidance INTERPLAY P 16/13+ etc. = Ages 16/13 & above Thetha Group ~ ALL Production and reason for recommendation: image Fafa’s husband has recently passed away leaving her S = Sex; V = Violence; hundreds of pieces of his artwork. Happy-go-lucky L = Language; P = Prejudice; Webster can’t find a job and makes his living stealing. M = Mature themes Interplay follows the story of Fafa and Webster as they Ad = Adults only discover how the Internet can create opportunities for them. Interplay features a bright young cast and director NFC = Not for very young children from Joza Township, including multi award winning Xolela Tsili. Credits Director: Thozi Ngeju Writer: Thozi Ngeju, Susan Hansen & Linda Nelani Featuring: Description Xolela Tsili, Sindi Dingana, Mzawanele Jodwana, Lindisipho Swartbooi, Thandiswa Tsili of production @NG Kerk Hall # 50m ! Xho, Eng Sub titles $ Tickets Show information 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B @Venue # Duration 10:00 14:00 18:30 14:00 10:00 25 23 21 $ Ticket prices ! Predominant R25 (Full) / R23 (Concession) / R21 (Block Booking) Languages Concession price includes Learners, Students, and Pensioners Performance schedule Free Fringe Indicates that the performers have 50% Fringe signed up for the Free Fringe Festival All Fringe performances which means that their first on 12 July are half the performance on the Fringe is FREE!. Buy-One-Get-One Free full ticket price! Indicates productions that are offering a Buy-One-Get-One Free discount on certain performances. 153 ...IF THE WORLD WAS LISTENING P The KZN Dance Productions NPC supported by The Playhouse Company ~ ALL This breath taking contemporary work is a journey delving deep into the mind of self-discovery. In a world of layers; complexities; haste and noise. One would wonder; if the world would pause and turn a willing ear to ones mouth, what is it, that you would say? Director: Leagan Peffer Choreography: Sandile Mkhize in collaboration with the dancers @Centenary Hall # 40m ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 12:00 10:00 20:30 16:00 40 36 #TOYITOYI P UJ Arts & Culture ~ ALL This celebratory performance piece incorporates dance, video, and sound design. In a time when corruption has become the norm, we are empowered to express our dissatisfaction through mass movement. The toyi-toyi is a form of rebellion that embraces diversity, creativity and direct action. Experience this ancient form of cultural expression, reborn and remixed for 21st century South Africa - Viva #ToyiToyi, Viva! Choreographer: Kieron Jina @Centenary Hall # 50m ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 12:00 10:00 12:00 16:00 19:30 50 45 43 AMALANGABI WOMGIDO P A Project Funded by National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund ~ ALL A dance creative that is moving along side Flame of Dance - creative, beautifully executed movement and dance. Not to be missed! Director: Njabulo Jimmy Sibiya Choreography: Matsidiso Mokoka Featuring: Mbongeni Bodlani and Nobayeni Xaba @City Hall # 1h ! Eng $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 14:30 16:30 21:00 20:30 14:30 40 36 34 ARACH-NO-PHOBIA P Dance Direction International & YoungStar Production ~ ALL We are all spiders.... nothing is beyond our reach. We dance this web of conscious creation; weavers of dreams in this comm-unity. Come explore the collective wisdom of contemporary genius to an eclectic blend of MUSE and CHOPIN by exceptionally gifted performers. Choreography: Des van der Spuy assisted by Gabriel Masango Featuring: Gabriel Masango , Helena Noll @Graeme College # 30m ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 17:30 14:00 14:00 10:00 40 36 34 ATOM Youth In Trust ~ ALL It is often said that love can stand the test of time, in this production, set in the era of slavery, we discover what the element is that keeps love strong decades on. We get into the very depth of this word and understand the energy driving this complex emotion and its battles with with issues of mistrust, value, identity and hatred. Atom, the gearhouse of Love. Director: Ayanda Sithebe Music: Thulani Mbovane Featuring: Nomagaliso Tebeka, Mpho Maifadi, Bongani Mthombeni @Centenary Hall # 30m ! Eng $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 12:00 22:00 10:00 22:30 40 36 154 BARBED WIRE WALLPAPER P Nondumiso Lwazi Msimanga in association with Clockwork HeART ~ 13+ M When a life is limited to the point of censored, lucid dreams, the imagination itself can no longer roam free. In such a world, weighed down by the relentlessness of reality, the human being seeks to assert its existence as an essentially free being. In the wallpaper her consciousness flees. Choreographer: Nondumiso Lwazi Msimanga Featuring: Nondumiso Lwazi Msimanga, Dorianne Alexander @Masonic Front # 45m ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 16:00 12:00 18:00 20:00 18:00 50 45 43 BAYHEAD P Rickshaw Collective ~ 10+ NFC The story of people who breathe life into our industry and drink air from Durban’s Southern Basin. This visual narrative tells of those who stretch their shadows across concrete slabs and see accidental beauty. A gritty tale of steel, smoke and pigeons that uses the body in motion to animate an intricate set Director: Adam Dore Music: Goldfrapp Choreography / Featuring: Shelby Strange @PJ’s # 40m ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 10:00 13:30 60 54 51 20:30 BLUE Cape Dance Company ~ ALL BLUE is the culmination of two decades of artistry and tenacity. Featuring works by acclaimed choreographers the CDC deliver in their trademark neo-classical, athletic and punchy style exhibiting remarkable technical virtuosity and artistic skill. A powerhouse of a performance, that includes the all-male work BLUE, it is a feast for the eyes! Director: Debbie Turner Choreography: Christopher L Huggins @Centenary Hall # 1h ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 18:00 12:00 14:00 20:30 90 81 77 BOK Underground Dance Theatre in association with the Waterfront Theatre Company ~ PG M “Sexy primal interpretation of Njinsky’s Faun” (Steyn du Toit, Cape Times).“Slickly choreographed [...] necessarily perplexing and complex. The faun, spectacularly embodied by Henk Opperman...” Sarah Roberson, NAF website). Listed as one of the Top 6 Dance shows of 2014 by Robin Malan. (Broadwayworld.com). Choreography: Kristina Johnstone, Cilna Katzke and Steven van Wyk. Music composed by: Heno Janse van Rensburg Featuring: Henk Opperman, Aviwe November, Kopano Maroga, Nathi Sangweni. @Centenary Hall # 40m ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 12:00 10:00 18:00 14:00 10:00 90 81 77 CRYING SOULS Mmabana Arts, Culture and Sports Foundation ~ ALL Crying Souls is a fusion of Batswana traditional and western modern dance. The show aims to take the audience on a journey of celebration and nostalgia, using youthful, skilled and experienced dancers. It is a show that will remind us of where we come from as the Batswana people and where we currently find ourselves. Director: Thabo Rapoo Choreography: Lesedi Magomotso @Centenary Hall # 1h ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 16:00 22:30 75 64 155 DANCE SPECTRUM 2015 P National School of the Arts ~ ALL Presented by the National School of the Arts’ Dance Department Dance Spectrum 2015 is an exquisite programme of ballet, contemporary and Spanish. Learners of the NSA have been performing at NAF for the last 7 years. This programme will premiere at the Mandela Theatre Johannesburg during March 2015 under the umbrella of Festival of Fame. Director: Manuel Norambuena @Centenary Hall # 1h ! Eng $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 10:00 19:30 21:30 14:00 50 45 43 EAGLES P MDG Performing Arts Academy ~ ALL This piece transforms dancing into an expression of the pure majestic bird in flight and stature but most of all in presence and greatness. A dance piece that portrays and imitates the bold, strong ways of that of the eagle but also the hardships that bring victory. Choreography: Warren Randell @PJ’s # 1h ! $ Tickets 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 F C B 12:00 14:00 20:30 18:30 30 27 26 22:30 FREEDOM Lavender Beamers ~ ALL Love, incest, death... set against the backdrop of political struggle and spanning back 3 decades, Freedom tells the story of two lovers who are forced apart by circumstances of the past.